Hydrocarbon-burner.



4 H. BRUBAKER. HYDROCARBON BURNER. APPLICATION FILED Nov. a. 191s.

-Lmmm f Patented July 17, 1917i HENRY BEUBAKER, 0E YORK, PENNSYLVANIA,As-sIGNoE To w. c. KOLLER, 0E YORK,

PENNSYLVANIA.

HYDROCARBN-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd July 17, 191% Application ledNovember 8, 1916. Serial No. 130,177;

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, I-IENRY BRUEAKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of Yorkand State o'f Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hydrocarbon- Burners, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon burners.

The objects of the invention are to provide a burner, preferably of theVmultiple burner-head type, which may be quickly set up and dismantled;in which the feed of hydrocarbon to each burner head `may be controlledmanually so that the degree of heat can be regulated to a nicety; to`provide heat defiectors which may be thrown into or out of operativerelation with the source of heat, and to provide a settling chamberwhich will collect dirt and other foreign matter, and prevent itspassage to the main burner heads.

To the accomplishment of the recitedy objects and others cordinatetherewith, the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in theconstruction and arrangement hereinafter described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and embraced within `the scope of the appendedclaims.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective viewv of the burner installed in a cookingstove.

Fig. 2 is alperspective view of burner detached, and partly broken awayto show the inner working parts.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottom of the base of the burner. pY

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along lines 4-4 of Fig. 2,and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the settling chamber.

In the drawings, 5 designates generally the .base of the burner, whichcomprises a housing 6 and a drip-pan 7 The housing is divided into twoterminal compartments 8 and 9, each provided with a flame opening i 10,and said housing further havingan intermediate central opening 11. Thevertical partition 12 between each. of the compartments vand the centralopening has a rea pair of burner-heads 19 and 20, having the usualorifices 21 arranged medially in vertical alinement with the flameopeningsVlO. All of the various parts of the bur-ner just described areformed from short lengths 0f pipe which may be easily obtained at a veryllowgure, and when set up, constitute a composite one piece structure.

Upon again referring to the housing 6, and particularly with referenceto Fig. 4 of the drawings, it will be seen that the casting is formedwith upwardly converging walls 22. The outer edges ofthe drip pan 7 aresimilarly inclined, as at 23. Now in the organization of the device, theburner heads 19 and 20 are received by the recesses 13, and theremaining portion of the burner, including the settling chamber andretorts, is connected to the burner heads by the depending connection18. The drip pan is then inserted in the base and the vertical bolts 24tightened. This operation wedges the pan with respect to the base, andsimultaneously wedges the burner heads relative to the recesses 13,thereby firmly anchoring the burner in proper position below and abovethe said base. In order to provide for complete combustion air isadmitted through the openings 25 in the drip pan.

In the burners which I have observed there has been no practicalprovision made for controlling the degree of heat emitted by theburners. Either all of the burner heads are, or are not in operation atthe same time. When all of the burner-heads are aflame, the heatgenerated is frequently so intense that the burner is actually burnedout, or in any event, the heat is greater .than desired for ordinaryheating or cooking purposes. I eliminate this disadvantage by theaddition of ,a very simple valve mechanism coperating with the orificesin the burner-heads,`

whereby any desired number of burner-heads may be controlled. As will befound upon inspection of Figs. 2 and 4, I fasten a bracket 26, by meansof nuts 27, to the rear wall of each compartment, said bracket havingone end of a lever 28 loosely pivoted thereto, while the otherv end ofsaid lever projects through an L slot 29 in the opposite wall of thecompartment and within easy reach of the attendant. Depending from thelever is a small valve 30 which is designed to close the orifice 21. Itwill be seen that by elevating the lever and allowing it to seat uponthe highest portion of the slot, as exhibited in 'full lines in Fig. 4,the orifice will be uncovered; and that by lowering the leve'r, in thevertical portion of the slot, as shown in dotted lines, the orifice willbe closed. Either lor both of the burner heads may therefore becontrolled at will.

The flame deflectors 31 are longitudinally and rotatably adjustable withrespect to the retorts, and in vertical positions may be wedged againstthe reduced lateral eXtensions 32 of the settling chamber to temporarilyhold them out of the path of the flames.

Another extremely important feature of my invention is the constructionof the settlingchamber 17, common to both retorts. Upon inspection ofFig. 5 it will be seen that a stand-pipe 33 is arranged concentricallywithin the chamber 17 in communication with the connection 18 andterminates at its upper `end just short of the closure 34. It followsthat the combustible gas entering from the retorts must first passupwardly between the adjacent walls of the chamber 17 and the stand-pipe33, and then downwardly through the latter to the burners. Carbon, dirt,and other foreign particles which may be held in suspension in thecombustible gas will obviously settle in the chamber and thus beprevented from finding their way to the burner heads and clogging up theorifices. The settling chamber may be cleaned whenever the occasionrequires by remo-ving the closure 34.

What is claimed is:

1. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination of a base having slottedpartitions, a drip-pan, a burner head adapted to be received in theslots of said partitions, and means connected to the base and thedrippan whereby the latter is clamped against said burner head.

2. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination of a base provided withpartitions, a burner head, a drip-pan, and means for clamping saidburner head between the partitions and the drip-pan.

3. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination of a base having convergingside walls and a plurality of vertical partitions, a wedge-shaped bottomfor the base, a burner head between the lower end of the' partitions andthe bottom, and means for fastening the base and bottom together.

4. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination of a base having convergingside walls and a plurality of partitions extending downwardly andterminating short of the bottom of said base, a wedge-shaped drippanadapted to be inserted in the bottom of the base, a burner head betweenthe partitions and the drip-pan, and means for clamping the burner headtherebetween.

5. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination with a housing and a burnerhead having an opening therein, of a support carried by said housing, alever loosely pivotcd to said support and capable of movement in twodifferent planes, and a valve mounted upon said lever for coperationwith said opening.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses.

HENRY BRUBAKER.

Witnesses:

HARRY CHAMBERS, H. O. TRnDwAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

